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The Rising Sun Flag (Japanese: 旭日 旗, Hepburn: Kyokujitsu-ki) is a Japanese flag that consists of a red disc and sixteen red rays emanating from the disc. [1] Like the Japanese national flag, the Rising Sun Flag symbolizes the Sun. The flag was originally used by feudal warlords in Japan during the Edo period (1603–1868 CE). [2]
The black sun as pictured in the Putrifaction emblem of Philosophia Reformata (Johann Daniel Mylius) Sol niger (black sun) can refer to the first stage of the alchemical magnum opus, the nigredo (blackness). In a text ascribed to Marsilio Ficino three suns are described: black, white, and red, corresponding to the three most used alchemical ...
A leather belt with the black sun symbol as belt buckle. The item is from the 2010s. In the late 20th century, the Black Sun symbol became widely used by neo-fascist, neo-Nazi, [8] the far-right and white nationalists. The symbol often appears on extremist flags, t-shirts, posters, websites and in extremist publications associated with such groups.
U+2609 ☉ SUN; U+2600 ☀ BLACK SUN WITH RAYS (A more accurate term might be "solid colour". The actual colour is an implementation choice, for example ☀, ☀.) U+263C ☼ WHITE SUN WITH RAYS (A more accurate term might be "outlined". The actual colour is an implementation choice.)
The design is a red field with an inverted isosceles triangle based on the top edge of the field pointed toward the bottom edge of the field bearing the horizontal tricolour of black, light blue (half width) and white with the rising sun centred on top of the black band. The rising sun symbolises the dawning of a new era. [2] The colours have ...
Rising Sun Flag, used by the Japanese military Jura, Switzerland Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Kelantan, Malaysia Kent, England, United Kingdom Kerkrade, Netherlands Kōchi Prefecture, Japan Koniecpol, Poland (with multicolored coat of arms) Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan Kingdom of Laos (1952–1975) Leiden, Netherlands Leuven, Belgium
Moody sailed the Caribbean as early as June 1718 [1] in his ship Rising Sun, which had been called Resolution before it was captured by pirates, “mounted with 36 guns and having on board 130 men, white and black”. [4] Moody sailed alongside Richard Frowd and another pirate, [2] looting ships in the vicinity of St. Christophers. They ...
The first flag of independent Malawi was adopted on 6 July 1964. A rising sun against a black field is also present in the coat of arms of Malawi and in the flag it officially represents the dawn of hope and freedom for the continent of Africa (when the flag was created, more countries in Africa were gaining independence from European rule).